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My Firefox browser has become infected with the istartsurf hijacker, which means that an istartsurf tab is added to my browser's tabs each time I start Firefox. How do I get rid of it?
What I already did/tried
- Remove istartsurf with Revo Uninstaller
- Remove all instances of istartsurf files on my system disk
- Remove all references to istartsurf in the registry
- Restored startup options in Firefox
- Remove all references to istartsurf in Firefox settings ("about.config")
Doesn't seem to be sufficient, though; the tab still gets added. What else needs to be done?
PS: On this site they suggest resetting Firefox to its default state, but I'd like to avoid that.
Joris Groosman
Posted 2015-11-08T11:46:01.920
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Possible duplicate of How can I remove malicious spyware, malware, adware, viruses, trojans or rootkits from my PC?
– DavidPostill – 2015-11-08T11:47:22.233@DavidPostill - I'm not sure the answers there are the right ones for my question. Sure there must be less dramatic ways that to reinstall my OS. – Joris Groosman – 2015-11-08T11:50:58.167
<shrug>. You could have done some research and found How to remove iStartSurf.com virus (Removal Guide)
– DavidPostill – 2015-11-08T11:53:00.837